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from India is reckoned to have attained a length of seventeen 
feet. 
Professor Huxley concluded that Hyperodapedon and Rhyncho- 
saurus do not depart from the ordinary lizard type of structure 
more than some of our modern lizards do—such as the Monitor, 
Chameleon and Gecko, to which both are allied. He thinks 
that, even in Triassic times, the lizard type had become highly 
specialised. 
Elginia mirabilis is the name proposed for the skull of a reptile 
Fic, 39.—Side view of skull of Elginia mirabilis, as restored from natural 
casts in the Elgin Sandstone, by Mr. E. T. Newton. 
which, on account of the extreme development of horns and spines, 
reminds one of the living lizards, Moloch and Phrynosoma. The 
skull of this ancient saurian (see Figs. 38,39) is unlike that of any 
living or fossil form, and seems to show affinities with both the 
Labyrinthodonts and the lizards. All the remains are in the 
form of hollow moulds in blocks of stone, but Mr. Newton has, 
with wonderful skill and patience, made casts in guttapercha and 
so reconstructed the skull, as shown in our illustrations. The 
Elginia was closely related to Pareiasaurus. 
